http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/21/the-surge-turns-one-a-happy-birthday/ now with extra source Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:41:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/21/the-surge-turns-one-a-happy-birthday/#comment-1213 Tony Papafilis Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-1213 You forgot to report the part of the surveys where the same people who naturally look forward to a time of peace when US et al won't be needed but who verwhelmingly want the US & others therre now helping priotect them from psycho mass murderers. You forgot to report the part of the surveys where the same people who naturally look forward to a time of peace when US et al won’t be needed but who verwhelmingly want the US & others therre now helping priotect them from psycho mass murderers.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/21/the-surge-turns-one-a-happy-birthday/#comment-1214 grant Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-1214 This is a genuinely unfair appraisal of the surge. The fatality rate has collapsed, the insurgency has at worst paused and in 1yrs time we get a new US president. If you consider the policy tabula rasa (admittedly hard) it is unquestionably a success This is a genuinely unfair appraisal of the surge. The fatality rate has collapsed, the insurgency has at worst paused and in 1yrs time we get a new US president. If you consider the policy tabula rasa (admittedly hard) it is unquestionably a success

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